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49-23, Finished 1st in NBA Western Division (Game Results)
NBA Season Summary
Scored 108.8 points per game, Allowed 105.1 points per game (Pythagorean W-L: 45-27)
Coached by Andy Phillip (6-4) and Ed Macauley (43-19)
Arena: Kiel Auditorium / Attendance: 265,000 (2nd of 8 available)
SRS: 2.89 (3rd of 8)
Playoffs:
Lost NBA Western Division Finals (4-2) versus Minneapolis Lakers
1958-59 Statistics / Schedule
Click on the Date for game box score, if available.
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thu, Oct 23, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 103 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sat, Oct 25, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 112 | 117 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Wed, Oct 29, 1958 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 112 | 100 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | ||
| 4 | Sat, Nov 1, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 101 | 108 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | |||
| 5 | Sun, Nov 2, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 97 | 90 | 3 | 2 | W 1 | ||
| 6 | Sat, Nov 8, 1958 | Boston Celtics | W | 87 | 84 | 4 | 2 | W 2 | |||
| 7 | Thu, Nov 13, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 102 | 119 | 4 | 3 | L 1 | ||
| 8 | Fri, Nov 14, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 110 | 100 | 5 | 3 | W 1 | |||
| 9 | Sat, Nov 15, 1958 | Detroit Pistons | W | 102 | 91 | 6 | 3 | W 2 | |||
| 10 | Tue, Nov 18, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | L | 94 | 120 | 6 | 4 | L 1 | |||
| 11 | Sat, Nov 22, 1958 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 114 | 109 | 7 | 4 | W 1 | |||
| 12 | Sun, Nov 23, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 100 | 89 | 8 | 4 | W 2 | ||
| 13 | Tue, Nov 25, 1958 | N | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 105 | 106 | 8 | 5 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 14 | Wed, Nov 26, 1958 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 112 | 107 | 9 | 5 | W 1 | ||
| 15 | Thu, Nov 27, 1958 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 107 | 98 | 10 | 5 | W 2 | |||
| 16 | Sat, Nov 29, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 98 | 86 | 11 | 5 | W 3 | |||
| 17 | Tue, Dec 2, 1958 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 105 | 81 | 12 | 5 | W 4 | at New York, NY | |
| 18 | Wed, Dec 3, 1958 | @ | Boston Celtics | W | 119 | 110 | 13 | 5 | W 5 | ||
| 19 | Thu, Dec 4, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 107 | 92 | 14 | 5 | W 6 | ||
| 20 | Sat, Dec 6, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 107 | 97 | 15 | 5 | W 7 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 21 | Wed, Dec 10, 1958 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 82 | 89 | 15 | 6 | L 1 | at Boston, MA | |
| 22 | Thu, Dec 11, 1958 | N | Detroit Pistons | L | 101 | 107 | 15 | 7 | L 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 23 | Fri, Dec 12, 1958 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 104 | 106 | 15 | 8 | L 3 | ||
| 24 | Sat, Dec 13, 1958 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 108 | 94 | 16 | 8 | W 1 | |||
| 25 | Wed, Dec 17, 1958 | N | New York Knickerbockers | W | 136 | 122 | 17 | 8 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 26 | Sat, Dec 20, 1958 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 104 | 18 | 8 | W 3 | ||
| 27 | Sun, Dec 21, 1958 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 98 | 86 | 19 | 8 | W 4 | |||
| 28 | Thu, Dec 25, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 100 | 92 | 20 | 8 | W 5 | ||
| 29 | Sat, Dec 27, 1958 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 108 | 114 | 20 | 9 | L 1 | ||
| 30 | Mon, Dec 29, 1958 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 124 | 112 | 21 | 9 | W 1 | |||
| 31 | Tue, Dec 30, 1958 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | W | 119 | 104 | 22 | 9 | W 2 | ||
| 32 | Sat, Jan 3, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 116 | 110 | 23 | 9 | W 3 | |||
| 33 | Sun, Jan 4, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | L | 114 | 122 | 23 | 10 | L 1 | |||
| 34 | Tue, Jan 6, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 112 | 95 | 24 | 10 | W 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 35 | Wed, Jan 7, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 89 | 78 | 25 | 10 | W 2 | at Houston, TX | |
| 36 | Thu, Jan 8, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 93 | 95 | 25 | 11 | L 1 | at Dallas, TX | |
| 37 | Fri, Jan 9, 1959 | N | Cincinnati Royals | W | 112 | 101 | 26 | 11 | W 1 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 38 | Sun, Jan 11, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 111 | 100 | 27 | 11 | W 2 | |||
| 39 | Tue, Jan 13, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 110 | 95 | 28 | 11 | W 3 | |||
| 40 | Wed, Jan 14, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 114 | 108 | 29 | 11 | W 4 | ||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 41 | Fri, Jan 16, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 102 | 89 | 30 | 11 | W 5 | |||
| 42 | Sun, Jan 18, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 117 | 139 | 30 | 12 | L 1 | ||
| 43 | Tue, Jan 20, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 119 | 114 | 31 | 12 | W 1 | |||
| 44 | Sun, Jan 25, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 115 | 111 | 32 | 12 | W 2 | |||
| 45 | Tue, Jan 27, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | W | 112 | 111 | 33 | 12 | W 3 | ||
| 46 | Wed, Jan 28, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 111 | 120 | 33 | 13 | L 1 | ||
| 47 | Fri, Jan 30, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 118 | 87 | 34 | 13 | W 1 | |||
| 48 | Sat, Jan 31, 1959 | N | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 120 | 96 | 35 | 13 | W 2 | at Detroit, MI | |
| 49 | Sun, Feb 1, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 130 | 96 | 36 | 13 | W 3 | |||
| 50 | Tue, Feb 3, 1959 | N | Boston Celtics | L | 97 | 104 | 36 | 14 | L 1 | at New York, NY | |
| 51 | Wed, Feb 4, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 113 | 111 | 37 | 14 | W 1 | ||
| 52 | Thu, Feb 5, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 95 | 106 | 37 | 15 | L 1 | ||
| 53 | Fri, Feb 6, 1959 | @ | Boston Celtics | L | 95 | 122 | 37 | 16 | L 2 | ||
| 54 | Sun, Feb 8, 1959 | Philadelphia Warriors | W | 100 | 93 | 38 | 16 | W 1 | |||
| 55 | Mon, Feb 9, 1959 | N | Syracuse Nationals | W | 99 | 94 | 39 | 16 | W 2 | at Philadelphia, PA | |
| 56 | Thu, Feb 12, 1959 | New York Knickerbockers | W | 106 | 105 | 40 | 16 | W 3 | |||
| 57 | Sat, Feb 14, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 139 | 96 | 41 | 16 | W 4 | |||
| 58 | Sun, Feb 15, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 109 | 41 | 17 | L 1 | ||
| 59 | Tue, Feb 17, 1959 | @ | New York Knickerbockers | L | 93 | 112 | 41 | 18 | L 2 | ||
| 60 | Sat, Feb 21, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 121 | 120 | 42 | 18 | W 1 | |||
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
| 61 | Sun, Feb 22, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 120 | 106 | 43 | 18 | W 2 | |||
| 62 | Wed, Feb 25, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | W | 104 | 100 | 44 | 18 | W 3 | ||
| 63 | Thu, Feb 26, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | L | 111 | 130 | 44 | 19 | L 1 | ||
| 64 | Fri, Feb 27, 1959 | Syracuse Nationals | W | 128 | 113 | 45 | 19 | W 1 | |||
| 65 | Sat, Feb 28, 1959 | @ | Cincinnati Royals | L | 122 | 124 | 45 | 20 | L 1 | ||
| 66 | Sun, Mar 1, 1959 | Boston Celtics | W | 104 | 102 | 46 | 20 | W 1 | |||
| 67 | Tue, Mar 3, 1959 | Cincinnati Royals | W | 113 | 102 | 47 | 20 | W 2 | |||
| 68 | Wed, Mar 4, 1959 | @ | Detroit Pistons | L | 97 | 127 | 47 | 21 | L 1 | ||
| 69 | Thu, Mar 5, 1959 | @ | Philadelphia Warriors | L | 101 | 106 | 47 | 22 | L 2 | ||
| 70 | Sat, Mar 7, 1959 | Detroit Pistons | W | 137 | 128 | 48 | 22 | W 1 | |||
| 71 | Sun, Mar 8, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 104 | 120 | 48 | 23 | L 1 | ||
| 72 | Wed, Mar 11, 1959 | @ | Syracuse Nationals | W | 132 | 130 | 49 | 23 | W 1 |
| G | Date | Opponent | Tm | Opp | W | L | Streak | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sat, Mar 21, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 124 | 90 | 1 | 0 | W 1 | |||
| 2 | Sun, Mar 22, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 106 | 1 | 1 | L 1 | ||
| 3 | Tue, Mar 24, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | W | 127 | 97 | 2 | 1 | W 1 | |||
| 4 | Thu, Mar 26, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 98 | 108 | 2 | 2 | L 1 | ||
| 5 | Sat, Mar 28, 1959 | Minneapolis Lakers | L | OT | 97 | 98 | 2 | 3 | L 2 | ||
| 6 | Sun, Mar 29, 1959 | @ | Minneapolis Lakers | L | 104 | 106 | 2 | 4 | L 3 |